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Record: 69-93 .426.... 6th in National League West
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 904,494

Top Draft Pick: Bob Horner (#1) MLB
Manager - Bobby Cox

Affiliates - AAA Richmond Braves AA Savannah Braves A Greenwood Braves Rk Kingsport Braves Rk Gulf Coast Braves

Team Leaders

HR: Murphy, Horner, Burroughs [23]
RBI: Murphy [79]
2B: Burroughs [30]
SB: Royster [27]
W: Niekro [19]
SV: Garber [22]
SO: Niekro [248]

Oldest Player: Jim Bouton [39]
Youngest Player: Glenn Hubbard [20]
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bruce Benedict (Aug 18) Bob Horner (Jun 16) Glenn Hubbard (Jul 14) Jerry Maddox (Jun 3) Chico Ruiz (Jul 29) Hank Small (Sep 27)
Pitchers: Larry McWilliams (Jul 17)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
David Adeimy	C		Greenwood	A
	C		Kingsport	Rk
Roger Alexander	P		Savannah	AA
James Arline	OF		Richmond	AAA
Brian Asselstine	OF	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Eric Ayala			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Brady Baldwin	OF		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Daniel Ballard	P		Greenwood	A
Timothy Barr			Savannah	AA
Bob Beall	1B	30	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Romel Beck	SS		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Rob Belloir	SS	30	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	SS		Richmond	AAA
Bruce Benedict	C	23	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	C		Richmond	AAA
Lee Blitch			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Tommy Boggs	P	22	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	P		Richmond	AAA
Barry Bonnell	OF	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Jim Bouton	P	39	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	P		Savannah	AA
Larry Bradford	P	28	Richmond	AAA
Tony Brizzolara	P	21	Savannah	AA
Jeff Burroughs	OF	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Leland Byrd	SS		Savannah	AA
Rick Camp	P	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Dave Campbell	P	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Darrel Chaney	SS-2B	30	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Dom Chiti	P		Savannah	AA
Gary Cooper	OF	21	Savannah	AA
Tim Costello	P		Savannah	AA
Joe Cowley	P	20	Greenwood	A
Mike Davey	P	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Miguelito De La Cruz			Savannah	AA
			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Adrian Devine	P	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Leonardo Dixon			Greenwood	A
			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
James Doherty	SS		Savannah	AA
John Dyer	P		Greenwood	A
Jamie Easterly	P	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Clayton Elliott	SS		Savannah	AA
Larry Fath			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Andres Forbes			Savannah	AA
			Greenwood	A
Gene Garber	P	30	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Cito Gaston	OF	34	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Rod Gilbreath	2B-3B	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Tim Graven	P		Savannah	AA
Richard Gwen			Savannah	AA
Albert Hall	CF-OF	19	Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Steve Hammond	OF	21	Greenwood	A
Preston Hanna	P	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Terry Harper	OF	23	Richmond	AAA
	OF		Savannah	AA
Eugene Harris			Kingsport	Rk
Billy Haslerig			Savannah	AA
			Greenwood	A
Bob Horner	3B-1B	21	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Glenn Hubbard	2B	21	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	2B		Richmond	AAA
Aaron Hudson	3B		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Claude Johnson			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Jerry Keller	C-1B		Richmond	AAA
	C-1B		Savannah	AA
Luis King			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Frank LaCorte	P	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Max Leon	P	28	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Felix Linares			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Rufino Linares	OF	27	Richmond	AAA
	OF		Savannah	AA
Stuart Livingstone			Savannah	AA
Daryl Logan	3B		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Daniel Lopez	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Ledell Lowe	1B		Kingsport	Rk
Mark Lucas			Greenwood	A
			Kingsport	Rk
George Lusic	P		Richmond	AAA
Mike Macha	3B	24	Richmond	AAA
Jerry Maddox	3B	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	3B		Richmond	AAA
Mickey Mahler	P	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Mark Martin	C		Greenwood	A
	C		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
James Mathews			Kingsport	Rk
Gary Matthews	OF	28	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Jeffrey Matthews	SS-2B		Savannah	AA
	SS-2B		Greenwood	A
Blane McDonald	C		Greenwood	A
Larry McWilliams	P	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Tom Mee	SS-P		Greenwood	A
Eddie Miller	OF	21	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	OF		Richmond	AAA
Michael Miller	SS		Greenwood	A
	SS		Kingsport	Rk
Alvin Moore	OF		Greenwood	A
Dan Morogiello	P	23	Savannah	AA
Dale Murphy	OF-RF	22	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Phil Niekro	P	39	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Joe Nolan	C	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Rowland Office	OF	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Larry Owen	C	23	Richmond	AAA
	C		Savannah	AA
Tom Paciorek	OF-1B	31	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Rafael Peguero			Kingsport	Rk
Gerald Perry	1B	17	Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Felix Pettaway			Greenwood	A
Biff Pocoroba	C	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Bob Porter	OF	19	Greenwood	A
Louis Pratt			Savannah	AA
Rafael Quezada			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Rafael Ramirez	SS	20	Savannah	AA
	SS		Greenwood	A
George Ramos	P		Greenwood	A
John Randolph			Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Ronnie Reasonover	OF		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Mike Reynolds	OF		Richmond	AAA
	OF		Savannah	AA
Pat Rockett	SS	23	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	SS		Richmond	AAA
Jerry Royster	3B-2B	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Ronald Rudd	3B		Kingsport	Rk
Chico Ruiz	3B-2B	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	3B-2B		Richmond	AAA
Dick Ruthven	P	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Ken Scanlon	P		Kingsport	Rk
Matt Sinatro	C	18	Kingsport	Rk
Craig Skok	P	31	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Hank Small	1B	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	1B		Richmond	AAA
Ken Smith	1B	20	Savannah	AA
Brian Snitker	C		Richmond	AAA
	C		Savannah	AA
	C		Greenwood	A
Eddie Solomon	P	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
David Stevens	OF		Savannah	AA
Bobby Supel	3B		Kingsport	Rk
Gary Talbert	C-OF		Kingsport	Rk
Scott Thayer			Savannah	AA
			Greenwood	A
Duane Theiss	P	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Bruce Tonascia	OF-C		Greenwood	A
Wyatt Tonkin	P		Greenwood	A
William Tucker	P		Greenwood	A
James Van Deventer	OF		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Leonel Vargas			Kingsport	Rk
Jim Wessinger	2B	23	Richmond	AAA
	2B		Savannah	AA
Larry Whisenton	OF	22	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	OF		Richmond	AAA
Richard Wieters	P		Savannah	AA
Kris Yoder	C		Richmond	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Terry Abbott		Greenwood	A
William Aldridge		Kingsport	Rk
Juan Alduey		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Roger Alexander		Richmond	AAA
		Savannah	AA
Jose Alvarez	22	Greenwood	A
	22	Kingsport	Rk
Felipe Arroyo		Kingsport	Rk
Daniel Ballard		Greenwood	A
Kevin Balogh		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Timothy Barr		Savannah	AA
		Greenwood	A
Steve Bedrosian	20	Greenwood	A
	20	Kingsport	Rk
Rick Behenna	18	Kingsport	Rk
Tommy Boggs	22	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	22	Richmond	AAA
Eugene Boozer		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Jim Bouton	39	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	39	Savannah	AA
Larry Bradford	28	Richmond	AAA
Tony Brizzolara	21	Richmond	AAA
	21	Savannah	AA
	21	Greenwood	A
Rick Camp	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Brad Campbell		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Dave Campbell	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Felix Castillo		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Dom Chiti		Savannah	AA
Tim Cole		Greenwood	A
Don Collins	26	Richmond	AAA
	26	Savannah	AA
Tim Costello		Savannah	AA
Joe Cowley	20	Greenwood	A
Mike Davey	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	26	Richmond	AAA
Adrian Devine	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Jamie Easterly	25	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Ken Forsyth		Kingsport	Rk
William Free		Greenwood	A
Gene Garber	30	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Lance Gore		Kingsport	Rk
Tim Graven		Savannah	AA
William Haley		Greenwood	A
		Kingsport	Rk
Preston Hanna	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Lamar Jones		Savannah	AA
Marshall Justice		Kingsport	Rk
Frank LaCorte	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	26	Richmond	AAA
Terry Leach	24	Savannah	AA
Max Leon	28	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	28	Richmond	AAA
Stuart Livingstone		Savannah	AA
Daniel Lucia		Greenwood	A
George Lusic		Richmond	AAA
Mickey Mahler	26	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Rick Mahler	25	Richmond	AAA
Rick Matula	24	Richmond	AAA
	24	Savannah	AA
Joey McLaughlin	22	Richmond	AAA
Larry McWilliams	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	24	Richmond	AAA
Dan Morogiello	23	Savannah	AA
Phil Niekro	39	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Andre Pattillo		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Felix Pettaway		Greenwood	A
Albert Pratt		Greenwood	A
Louis Pratt		Savannah	AA
Rafael Ramirez		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
John Randolph		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Paul Randolph		Kingsport	Rk
James Rogers		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Mark Roush		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Dick Ruthven	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Gil Ryan		Kingsport	Rk
Andre Sams		Greenwood	A
Michael Shields		Kingsport	Rk
Craig Skok	31	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	31	Richmond	AAA
Michael Smith		Kingsport	Rk
Eddie Solomon	27	Atlanta Braves	MLB
Scott Taylor		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Scott Thayer		Greenwood	A
Duane Theiss	24	Atlanta Braves	MLB
	24	Richmond	AAA
Vincent Titus		Savannah	AA
Wyatt Tonkin		Greenwood	A
William Tucker		Greenwood	A
Juan Valdez		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Miguel Valdez		Gulf Coast Braves	Rk
Richard Wieters		Savannah	AA
		Greenwood	A